Senior Advisor, SEC Crypto Task Force

Senior federal attorney (SEC and CFTC exp.) and former litigator with over a decade of combined practical and legal advisory experience dedicated to complex financial products, including securities, derivatives, and digital assets. Currently serving as a Senior Advisor to the SEC's Crypto Task Force and led agency drafting for the President's Working Group on Digital Asset Markets. Prior to this role, I was a Senior Special Counsel at the SEC, Senior Assistant General Counsel at the CFTC, and served on details to CFTC Commissioners Pham and Goldsmith Romero. I originally joined the CFTC as an Assistant Chief Counsel in the Division of Market Oversight. Prior to government service, I was a Vice President at an international bank's derivatives sales and trading division (FICC), providing business-facing regulatory advice and compliance coverage to an active trading floor. Before this role, I worked at a Manhattan law firm representing clients engaged in government and regulatory investigations, white collar prosecutions, commercial litigation matters, and those seeking general regulatory and transactional legal advice. As a litigator, I participated in securities and derivatives litigation, complex commercial litigation, and related arbitration. I drafted successful dispositive motions, and participated in depositions and motion practice. I also provided regulatory counsel and drafted opinion letters for brokerage houses, fund managers, and other financial institutions.